About the Authors

Brahma Nand Singh

Affiliation Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Ajay Kumar Singh Rawat

Affiliation Pharmacognosy and Ethnopharmacology Division, CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Wasi Khan

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Department of Applied Physics, Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Alim H. Naqvi

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Department of Applied Physics, Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Braj Raj Singh

brajviro@gmail.com

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Materials Science (Nanomaterials), Department of Applied Physics, Z. H. College of Engineering and Technology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BNS AKSR AHN WK BRS. Performed the experiments: BNS BRS. Analyzed the data: BRS WK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AHN AKSR BRS WK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BNS BRS.